90% of my food is bought from my local butcher. I have encouraged him to stock more things (eggs, coffee) so I can give him more of my money and less to the chain stores. Added benefit is food quality is much better, as you pointed out.
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I hear that. Still a few things I get from a big grocery store, but between the butcher and a small family run grocery in town, they get most my food budget. Got a dairy farm down the way that does direct sales as well. And the added bonus, raw milk at the farm and the small grocery